This has been a pretty tough weekend for me.  I try to keep myself firmly planted in unconditional love.  Try to remember that I need to let people do what they need to do because their life, their path is theirs, not mine.

I have an internet friend....have known her for years and we are in constant contact.  Every year we go through the same cycle.  She has to go to work, hates the work, hates her job.  She stays stressed and is eligible for retirement but won't retire because if she waits a few years she'll get more money.  She lives in a large lovely house with her teenage daughter.  

Every year I urge her to take her retirement, buy a smaller house that she can live in more cheaply and find a little part-time job that she would enjoy.  There are 1,000 reasons for not doing any of these things and yet the same conversation continues.

Now she is very sick and no, not going to the doctor but taking over the counter drugs.  I think I have reached a limit of some kind with this continuing insanity.  It's like I'm watching her slowly commit suicide.  I get very frustrated with people who have good health, have the ability to work, can do anything they want to do with their lives and continue on a path that seems headed for disaster.  It is none of my business and I need to let it go.  I will be her friend but will not be a part of this game any longer.

Thought for the day:

Definition of insanity:
Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.